The lumbers were from endangered hardwood species like magkono, yakal, red lawaan and doyok-doyok.

Earlier, the governor and her family claimed they were getting death threats after she launched an intensified anti-log poaching campaign in the island province, which is being groomed as an "eco-tourism center" in Caraga Region.

Villaroman claimed having received text messages from concerned citizens in Ba­rangay Boa after arriving from Manila that illegal lumbers were being shipped out at the shore of the said coastal barangay. More ...